Ben Maruthappu is a London-based doctor and Founder & CEO of Cera, pioneering the use of AI to revolutionise healthcare, shifting services from hospital to home and building a more sustainable future for care.

As Europe’s largest healthtech company and one of its fastest-growing businesses, Cera’s 10,000 carers and nurses deliver 2.5 million patient home visits monthly across the UK, using its preventative AI tools to cut hospitalisations by up to 70%, transforming lives and saving the UK Government £1.5 million daily.

Educated at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard, Ben has been recognised with numerous awards, including an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours (2020), Great British Entrepreneur of the Year (2023), and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year UK (2024).